SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY -- Bowmanville's Rachel Hoekstra was named the 2012 Northeast Conference rookie of the year after a stellar freshman season with the Fairleigh Dickinson University women's soccer team.

In her first season with New Jersey school, Hoekstra's nine goals ranked her second in the league and first for Fairleigh Dickinson. She was also third on the circuit with 20 points and was the only freshman to be named to the all-NEC first team.

It is the first time a Knight has been named rookie of the year in program history, and the first all-conference nod awarded since 2008.

Hoekstra's impressive statistics leave a mark in the FDU record books as she tied the single-season record for goals and broke the single-season record for goals and points by a freshman. She was named NEC rookie of the week twice.

Hoekstra was a member of the 2010 national champion Pickering Power Green team under coach Paul Deabreu.

Hoekstra's sister, Rebeccah, is also on a soccer scholarship, and has been a starter for four years at Sir Francis Marion University in South Carolina. She was captain of the 2012 team.